Shutter-lock.



PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

' H. D. BLACK. SHUTTER LOOK. APPLICATION FILED AUG, 31,190-7.

wihmono UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY D. BLACK, OF WTLMINGTON, DELAWARE.

SHUTTER-LOCK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, HARRY D. BLACK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wilmin'gton, in the county of Newcastle and The invention consists. of a keeper carried by the sideof thehouse and of a s ring pressed .locklng bolt carried transversely by the shutter and projectingtherefrom at each end.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View showingmy device applied to a building, the shutter being In closed posltlon. Fig. .2 is a side elevation of parts shown 1n Fig. l, a portion of the shut ter beng shown in section. Fig. 3 is a-transverse sectional View, the shutter being shown locked in open position. Fig. 4'isa detail perspective View showing a modified form of eeper.

In applying my invention, I take an ordinary s utter A and recess the same uponits 1111101 or hinged edge as shown at A and also recess its outer face adjacent its opposite edge as shown at A and connect these recesses by a transverse horizontal passage A. Through the passage A works an operating rod C which passes through the recess A and pro ects therefrom, the projecting portion wing enlarged .to form a push button 0. Around the rod and within the recess A is a coil spring C The rod also projects into the recess A said projecting portionbeing Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 81, 1907. Serial No. 390,894.

Patented June 2, 1908.

threaded, and upon this portion is threaded an'an le bolt C which is consequently adustab e along the rod and which engages a keeper B secured to the side of the house when the blind is swung back. I'have also shown a modified form of keeper adapted for use with stone or brick houses and WhlCh consists of a keeper D provided with a bar-bed shank D. v

The spring C will normally hold the rod 0 in the position shown in Fig. 2 and when the bolt is to be disengaged from the keeper, it is not necessary to ass around to the side of the house, as the olt can be disengaged by pressure upon the ush button 0. I

Havin thus ful y described my invention, what I cfaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,,is, 1. The combination with a swinging shutter and a keeper arranged adjacent said shutter, a rod carried transversely by the shutter and movable longitudinally, and an angle bolt a'djustably mounted upon.an end portion of said rod for engagement with the keeper.

The combination with a window shutter recessed upon its hinged edge and upon its outer face and having a passage connecting the recesses, a rod passing through and movable in said passage, and projecting from theedge recess, a spring in said recess for holding said rod in its normal position an angle bolt carried by the rod and projecting from one side of the rod into the other recess,

be engaged by said bolt.

. HARRY D. BLACK.

Witnesses: v g

' JAMES C. BARBER,

J. WILLARD RoBER'rsoN. 

